Diocese of Brandon

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Diocese of Brandon
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceRupert's Land
Coordinates49°50′37″N 99°57′20″W / ���49.8435°N 99.9555°W / 49.8435; -99.9555Coordinates: 49°50′37″N 99°57′20″W / 49.8435°N 99.9555°W / 49.8435; -99.9555
Statistics
Parishes26 (2017)
Members3,447 (2017)
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralSt. Matthew's Anglican Cathedral, Brandon
Current leadership
BishopThe Rt. Rev. William Grant Cliff
DeanThe Very Rev. Don Bernhardt
Website
dioceseofbrandon.org

The Diocese of Brandon is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada. It has an area of 170,000 square kilometres (65,000 sq mi).[1] The Rt. Rev'd William Grant Cliff, (formerly Rector of the Collegiate Chapel of St John the Evangelist at Huron University College, and Canon Precentor of the Diocese of Huron) was elected as the 7th Bishop on October 31, 2015, and was consecrated on March 1, 2016.[2] Its cathedral is St. Matthew's Cathedral in Brandon, which was established in 1952.[3]

The first synod of the diocese of Brandon was held on 24 June 1924. St Matthew's church in Brandon was declared a pro-cathedral in May, 1945 and upgraded to full cathedral status on October 5, 1952. The then rector of St Matthew's, the Reverend B.O. Whitfield, was appointed first Dean of Brandon in 1957.[4]

Bishops of Brandon[]

No. Name Dates Notes
1st Wilfred Thomas 1924–1950
2nd Ivor Norris 1950–1969
3rd Thomas Wilkinson 1969–1975
4th John Conlin 1975–1992
5th Malcolm Harding 1992–2001
6th Jim Njegovan 2002–2015
7th William Grant Cliff 2016–present

Deans of Brandon[]

The Dean of Brandon is also the Rector of St Matthew's Cathedral.

Source: Diocese of Brandon

No. Name Dates Notes
position held by Bishop Ivor Norris 1952-1957
1st B.O. Whitfield 1957-1960 First Dean of Brandon
2nd Morse Lamb Goodman 1960-1965 later Bishop of Calgary, 1968
3rd Thomas Wilkinson 1965-1969 later Bishop of Brandon, 1969
4th John Conlin 1969-1975 later Bishop of Brandon, 1975
5th Harry Hobbs 1975-1979
6th Noel Goater 1980-1987
7th Thomas Crawford 1987-1992
8th James Njegovan 1992-2002 later Bishop of Brandon, 2002
9th Robin Walker 2003-2013
10th Nigel Packwood 2014-2016
11th Don Bernhardt 2016–present

Notes[]

  1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  2. ^ Diocesan web-site Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Cathedral web-site
  4. ^ "Some history..." The Diocese of Brandon. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
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